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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1976
48 DISABLED GIVEN WORK IN OCTOBER
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FORTY-EIGHT DISABLED PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.
THEY COMPRISED 23 CRIPPLED, FOUR BLIND, TEN DEAF, SIX MENTALLY RETARDED, FOUR FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS AND ONE FORMER T.B. PATIENT.
MOST OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED AS ASSEMBLERS AND MACHINE-SEWING
WORKERS.
WITH REGARD TO THE IR SALARY, 27 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $15 TO $30 WHILE TEN WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $550 A MONTH.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO THE LAM TIN ESTATE IN KWUN TONG WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 19).
THE STOPPAGE IS TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST IN THE AREA.
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